About
MMK TRADING was founded in 1992 by Miled Kassis. The company began with a focus on industrial gases—selling and maintaining gas canisters and tanks for use in hospitals and various industries. Today, it continues to provide products and services in both the medical and industrial sectors.
In 2019, Marmourastudio was established as a creative branch under MMK TRADING, with a different orientation. While it operates within the broader company structure, Marmourastudio represents a more artistic vision.
My journey in audiovisual services began in 2003. Over time, I chose to unify my studio work, patents, and creative achievements under the name Marmourastudio—a tribute and homage to my mother, Mariam Bou-Raji Sakr.
Today, Marmourastudio offers a wide range of services, including pre-production, production, and post-production, as well as film restoration and audio mastering.
The company invented the first semi-automatic film-cleaning machine to treat all types of film rolls. We have built a state of the art studio using old machines, renewed down to the core, with strenuous efforts to recover what is left of our heritage. Our aim is to bring back the legends and marvelous works of art, theater and cinema in the best image and quality possible. Moreover, I have produced several short movies, TVCs, documentaries and Live to Tape events and concerts. The first feature movie produced in 2019.
Professional Experience and Achievements
Marwan Kassis is a Lebanese film director/ producer and inventor in film restoration.
Kassis is born in Jbeil, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon, to Miled and Mariam Sakr. His father is a businessman working in the medical and industrial gases field, while his mother is a poet and literary in Arabic and French. Kassis began his career at Sawt Al Shaab Radio Station in Beirut 1999 while continuing his education in Communication Arts at Notre Dame University. He wrote and directed a radio show talking about Jazz music and the Lebanese social and political situation.
Marwan Kassis-Marmourastudio-Lebanon
Kassis is an instructor at Notre Dame University (NDU) since 2011 teaching courses in TV production, Radio Programing, Film Editing, Studio Workshop and Documentary.
Lebanese University (UL) teaching master classes in Advanced Postproduction and Color Grading.
Film Director, Producer and Inventor since 2005. Throughout his career, he has directed and produced numerous short films, a feature film, documentaries, and TV commercials along with Live to Tape events. Currently handling archive restoration for the Ministry of Culture and Studio Baalbek in Lebanon. He has sought out new technologies and methods through seminars and workshops such as ARRI workshop (Munich, Germany), IBC (Amsterdam), Berliner studios (Berlin Germany), Neumann industry (Berlin Germany) and Cinema and Culture in the Arab World workshop (Cairo), in addition to attending Berlinale, Cannes and Dubai Film Festivals. Recently in 2017-18, he invented a film cleaning and restoration machine and a frame-by-frame 35mm motion pictures scanner.
Senior Archivist at NDU: Heading the Film Restoration Department
Recognition Letter Media Studies Department: TV Production Course-2019
Concentration:
Directing – Documentaries- Advanced Post-Production- Coloring & Mastering- Film Transfer
EDUCATION
Université Saint Joseph IESAV Beirut, Lebanon
Diplome d’Etudes Superieures Specialisees 2007
Option: Realisation Cinematographique
Université Saint Joseph IESAV Beirut, Lebanon Maitrise en Etudes Audiovisuelles et Cinematographiques 2004
Option: Realisation
Notre Dame University (NDU) Beirut, Lebanon Bachelor of Arts | Communication Arts-Radio Television 2002
